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Table 1 District demographic and health system related data

From: Opportunities to improve postpartum care for mothers and infants: design of context-specific packages of postpartum interventions in rural districts in four sub-Saharan African countries

 

Kaya district (Burkina Faso)

Kwale district (Kenya)

Ntchisi district (Malawi)

ChiĂºta district (Mozambique)

District population

507,018

162,092

265,470

85,808

% of women of childbearing age

22.0

23.5

22.6

21.6

Number of health facilities

51

20

12

4

Primary health care facility

50

19

11

4

Referral district hospital

11

1

1

0

Median catchment area population per primary health care facility (range)

9,781 (2,382-25,934)

5,651 (2,944-22,117)

17,141 (7,346-47,794)

21,881 (6,007-36,039)

  1. Source data: Data from the respective district registers: Kenya, January 2012; Burkina Faso and Mozambique, January-December 2011; Malawi, July 2010-June 2011
  2. 1regional hospital